Beyond Cars: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis for Non-Automotive Applications

Jian Sun, Guohui Yang, Xiaobo Peng, Jincan Kang, Jinhu Wu, Guangbo Liu, Noritatsu Tsubaki*

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Abstract

As a century-old classical reaction, Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) synthesis is undergoing new developments especially in its applications of producing jet fuel, olefins, aromatics and oxygenated chemicals, which are completely different from the conventional F-T product, gasoline, diesel and wax. Producing above new products is not obeying famous ASF distribution law, requiring revolutionary design of new F-T catalysts and reaction pathways. A mass of new research directions on F-T synthesis for these liquid fuels and high-value chemicals are successfully proposed. This review spotlights recent new advances based on F-T synthesis for non-automotive applications, and discusses its new possible directions in future.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1412-1424
Number of pages13
JournalChemCatChem
Volume11
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019/03/06

Keywords

  • Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
  • aromatic
  • jet fuel
  • liquid fuel
  • olefin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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